AD 100 + The Origin of NOH/WAVE with Justin Daashuur Hopkins | AD 100

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About Justin: Justin Daashuur Hopkins is an artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He is also the Co-Founder / Art Director of LA based art collective, NOH/WAVE.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Music
• The origin story of NOH/WAVE
• Justin’s introduction into illustrating and working as a professional illustrator at the age of 14
• Traditional educational systems
• Creative business partnerships
• The challenges of working with commercial clients
• Balancing out one’s ego
• Defining purpose in one’s life
• Cultural movements
• Joseph Campbell
• Justin and Yoshino’s childhood
• The film, “The Florida Project” by director Sean Baker
• “The Book of Five Rings” by Miyamoto Musashi
• “Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid” by Douglas Hofstadter
• Robert Rodriguez and resourcefulness
• The tower metaphor
• Vasyl Lomachenko

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